Preview 2019: Previewing and looking ahead to the SEC season with the CFN All-SEC Team & Top 30 players.
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SEC Team Previews, 5 Things To Know
East Florida | Georgia | Kentucky | Missouri
South Carolina | Tennessee | Vanderbilt
West Alabama | Arkansas | Auburn | LSU
Mississippi State | Ole Miss | Texas A&M
2019 Preseason CFN SEC Offensive Player of the Year
QB Tua Tagovailoa, Jr. Alabama
The SEC is loaded with potential all-star quarterbacks. Georgia’s Jake Fromm is emerging as a possible top ten overall pick next year, Missouri landed Clemson’s Kelly Bryant, Texas A&M’s Kellen Mond is coming into his own, South Carolina’s Jake Bentley is in his fourth year as a starter, and on and on. But Tagovailoa is the almost certain No. 1 overall pick in next year’s NFL Draft and, if he can stay healthy, the front-runner – yes, over Trevor Lawrence – to win the Heisman.
Considering the quarterbacking year turned out to be about Kyler Murray and his Heisman run, and Lawrence winning the national championship, Tagovailoa’s brilliance almost got shoved aside late. However, even with the injury issues in the SEC Championship and in the disaster against Clemson, he still finished with one of the greatest years of all-time by a quarterback, averaging over 11 yards per throw with close to 4,000 yards with 43 touchdowns, five touchdown runs and six picks. Expect a whole lot more of the same.
– 2019 CFN All-SEC Top 30 Players
2018 Preseason CFN SEC Defensive Player of the Year
S Grant Delpit, Jr. LSU
A next-level superstar safety is one of the toughest positions to find in football. The 6-3, 203-pound Delpit, has everything needed to not only be an early first round draft pick, but to be the best defensive back in college football as the star and main man for another fantastic LSU defense.
Last year, he rose up and rocked with 74 tackles, five picks, five sacks, and nine broken up passes. He was all over the field with three double-digit tackle games, and this year he’ll be turned loose to do even more to get behind the line and attack when the ball is in the air.
2019 Preseason CFN All-SEC Offense
QB – Tua Tagovailoa, Jr. Alabama
RB – Najee Harris, Jr. Alabama
RB – D’Andre Swift, Jr. Georgia
WR – Bryan Edwards, Sr. South Carolina
WR – Jerry Jeudy, Jr. Alabama
TE – Albert Okwuegbunam, Jr. Missouri
OT – Alex Leatherwood, Jr. Alabama
OG – Ben Cleveland, Jr. Georgia
C – Drake Jackson, Jr. Kentucky
OG – Tre’Vour Wallace-Simms, Sr. Missouri
OT – Andrew Thomas Jr. Georgia
2019 Preseason CFN All-SEC Defense
DE – Nick Coe, Jr. Auburn
DT – Derrick Brown, Sr. Auburn
DT – Raekwon Davis, Sr. Alabama
DE – Jabari Zuniga, Sr. Florida
LB – TJ Brunson, Sr. South Carolina
LB – Cale Garrett, Sr. Missouri
LB – Dylan Moses, Jr. Alabama
CB – Kristian Fulton, Sr. LSU
S – Grant Delpit, Jr. LSU
S – JR Reed, Sr. Georgia
CB – CJ Henderson, Jr. Florida
2019 Preseason CFN All-SEC Special Teams
PK – Rodrigo Blankenship, Sr. Georgia
P – Braden Mann, Sr. Texas A&M
KR – Jashaun Corbin, Soph. Texas A&M
PR – Marquez Callaway, Sr. Tennessee
NEXT: 2019 Preseason CFN SEC Top 30 Players
2019 Preseason CFN SEC Top 30 Players
1. QB Tua Tagovailoa, Jr. Alabama
2. QB Jake Fromm, Jr. Georgia
3. S Grant Delpit, Jr. LSU
4. WR Jerry Jeudy, Jr. Alabama
5. DT Derrick Brown, Sr. Auburn
6. OT Andrew Thomas Jr. Georgia
7. LB Dylan Moses, Jr. Alabama
8. RB D’Andre Swift, Jr. Georgia
9. CB Kristian Fulton, Sr. LSU
10. DT Raekwon Davis, Sr. Alabama
11. CB CJ Henderson, Jr. Florida
12. LB Cale Garrett, Sr. Missouri
13. LB TJ Brunson, Sr. South Carolina
14. S JR Reed, Sr. Georgia
15. DT Javon Kinlaw, Sr. South Carolina
16. RB Najee Harris, Jr. Alabama
17. LB Michael Divinity, Sr. LSU
18. DE Jabari Zuniga, Sr. Florida
19. RB Ke’Shawn Vaughn, Sr. Vanderbilt
20. TE Albert Okwuegbunam, Jr. Missouri
21. QB Kelly Bryant, Sr. Missouri
22. WR Bryan Edwards, Sr. South Carolina
23. P Braden Mann, Sr. Texas A&M
24. WR Henry Ruggs, Jr. Alabama
25. QB Jake Bentley, Sr. South Carolina
26. QB Kellen Mond, Jr. Texas A&M
27. LB De’Jon Harris, Sr. Arkansas
28. DT Justin Madubuike, Jr. Texas A&M
29. LB Anfernee Jennings, Sr. Alabama
30. S Richard LeCounte, Jr. Georgia
SEC Team Previews, 5 Things To Know
East Florida | Georgia | Kentucky | Missouri
South Carolina | Tennessee | Vanderbilt
West Alabama | Arkansas | Auburn | LSU
Mississippi State | Ole Miss | Texas A&M
